The LGBTQ group Tampa Pride organized its pride festival at the Hillsborough Community College—Ybor City Campus, and described the event for “all ages” as a way to “share our experiences and strengthen our community.” However, according to the group Gays Against Groomers, the materials provided by local vendors were anything but age-appropriate.
“It’s not for kids,” said Gays Against Groomers. “They showed videos and images of an obese drag queen on one of the parade’s floats wearing a pink striped flapper dress with a masquerade mask and had had his two bare “fake boobs” hanging out, exposing nipples, etc.”
Videos and images from the event uploaded by Gays Against Groomers included:
- Footage of a boy under the age of five, holding a transgender flag in one hand and a bisexual flag in another, walking down the street.
- A picture of a young girl standing a few feet away from a drag queen with his genitalia barely covered up.
- A vendor holding a sign that read, “Make me cum again.”
- Sexually-Explicit dancing in front of children.
- Vendors selling items that included sex toys, as well as replica buttocks, and breasts.
- One vendor selling lollipops shaped like private parts with the verbiage “My Practice Candy,” with different size penises and vaginas in certain fruity flavors.
Gays Against Groomers also on their Twitter (x) account posted materials from the event of a vagina-shaped lollipop.
Scenes from yesterday’s Pride in Tampa, FL. Does this look kid friendly to you? It might… if you’re a groomer.
— Gays Against Groomers (@againstgrmrs) March 24, 2024
PRIDE IS NOT FOR KIDS! Shame on any parent who brought their children there. #GaysAgainstGroomers pic.twitter.com/zJnW9DmHXc
